El Clasico will be presented in the semi-finals of the Copa Del Rey 2018/2019 season. Barcelona are very favored considering the extraordinary results they got at the first La Liga meeting this season.
Barcelona won a big victory over Real Madrid in the first La Liga meeting this season. Playing at the Camp Nou at the end of last October Barcelona finished off Real Madrid with a score of 5-1. In fact, in the match Barcelona was not strengthened by Lionel Messi who was injured. Luis Suarez became a star in the match with a score of 3 goals.
Barcelona is indeed quite seeded, but Barcelona must remember that Real Madrid is currently different from Real Madrid at the time. At that time, Real Madrid was still coached by Julen Lopetegui who did appear to be in the wind, but this time with Santiago Solari, Real Madrid were able to appear consistent and have returned to the competition in the top flight.
Evidently, in this match Madrid will capitalize on 5 consecutive wins that they achieved from the La Liga and Copa Del Rey event. Not only appeared consistent, Madrid also appeared quite fierce on the front lines, they scored at least 2 goals against the opponents – opponents who in 5 matches successfully created 16 goals.
While Barcelona, they had a little problem with consistency. In his last match, Barcelona was only able to draw 2-2 when entertaining Valencia in La Liga last weekend. Barcelona also have to swallow 1 defeat and win 3 wins in their last 5 matches in all competitions. These results certainly make Barcelona have to be extra in preparing this fight.
Nevertheless, Barcelona will still be more favored in this match. Apart from being a host factor, the results in the first meeting of the season will also affect the mentality of the two teams. Not only that, Barcelona will also go down with all the best players, including Lionel Messi. However, Madrid still has the potential to make a surprise. With much better confidence than in the first meeting of the season, Madrid are ready to embarrass the hosts.
Our Prediction: 1
Odds: 1.70
